I just noticed I hadn't sent you a friend request. Sorry about that. I have just rectified that mistake
I saw your conversation with Nick and just wanted to weigh in really quickly.
I'm not positive that the website "encourages" name-calling, and that seems like a stretch. However, TOL only forbids name calling "without cause". I actually like this rule in theory, but the mods here are pretty biased about it. I've been called names and dealt with in a manner that is clearly not justified before and yet people get away with it.
I think name-calling can be OK sometimes, but you have to be careful with it. I'll make another VM post in a minute getting into some examples (I'll pass the character limit if I do it this post.)